Jerry Baker

I am trying to learn from the QuickStart CD set CD #2 and trying to follow the AEC Setup Assistant part of it but after I set my workplace for the AEC environment (VW8.5.2/VW9) I get all the way thru it too the end for a single level plan for a house and then it tells me that it cannot do it due to a menue text file being not present? I have re-installed VW8.5.2 thinking that I may have trashed it or it didn't get installed (Mac) and it still gives me the same thing. Am I missing a add-on or a fix? I looked all over the NNA site and didn't see anything. Jerry Baker

Cool! Coloredpencilguy

I use a G3 B&W with the QT4.02 Pro version and know that the memory allocation locations are for the viewer,player and control box only that I know of. Other than the Apple web site there are an incredible amount of QuickTime information archived and accessable to anyone at, "The Little QuickTime Page" @ http://www.judyandrobert.com/quicktime/ There you will find all sorts of QuickTime/QuickDraw information as well as a huge host of enhancement links to connected information regarding the QuickTime archtechture. I also think that having the pro key enhances QuickTime's abilities quite a bit better than the free download version. QuickDraw seems to work best having the developers version but when downloading QuickTime from the Apple web site I have also noticed a slight speed performance difference between the, "Full Version" and the, "Developers Version" in that the simple "Full Version" seemed to out-perform the more serious version for some weird reason. Running yer Mac with VM on or off makes a performance difference as well. I have found that it works a bit smoother with VM (Virtual Memory) on and that when utilizing real RAM allocation to any of the components or the machine itself it is a trial and error deal till you get it set just right or it will act irratic one way or the other. Hope that this helped a little. ") Your "Preferrences" in either Mac will also play a part in performance when rendering or animating both in the Mac itself and the application. Pref's regarding lighting and textures make all the differences in the world sometimes. ps: Got any experience with two monitors and VW? Coloredpencilguy http://members.tripod.com/~Coloredpencilguy/index-2.html

Thank's for the great advice! Animating are one of the most that I am looking forward to producing with VW and the pointers are good advance notice. Do you have any posted animation examples on the www to be able to see?

I am a new user of VectorWorks and have the latest version but my Mac workstation is temporarilly down till the new additional HD & RAM are installed in a few weeks and I can finally install the program and so I am spending my downtime reading the manuals associated with the new softwares that I have nailed down this summer. I have not seen mention of wether or not, VM supports monitor mirroring or two monitors or not so that I can have a lot more tools/palettes open to use in one monitor and the total work area in the other monitor. Can someone please tell me if and or what your experience has been with VM doing it or if it will at all? I sure would appreciate it a lot.

I am wondering what it will be like myself since my G3 is in the shop getting an additional HD and more RAM plus OS9 installed. I sure hope that you aren't totally correct in what you are saying since ALL I HAVE ARE SERIOUS 3d and 2d programs installed and it's enough configuring them all in unisson and to work well. I too have heard nothing but BS about OS9 and was up to a few weeks ago stuck on OS8.6 since it is so solid an OS. I sure hope that it isn't as bad as most of the info. I have read about it seems. I have both MiniCAD7 and VectorWorks 8.6.1 and have the newest release of Strata Studio Pro v3.0 too and have not gotten to install either one yet. I sure hope it all goes down smooth and not a bunch of trouble to deal with as the softwares are enough to learn much less having to contend with an unstable OS... Any word seen on this BBB regarding OSX yet? Thank's for the warning. Coloredpencilguy

I have Adobe PageMaker 6.5+ and am wondering if that will suffice the same tactic as is discribed in this post. I am currently waiting for the return of my Mac and don't even have experience with PageMaker either but have been into the manuals of all my new software and am in the pondering mode. So are that possible to accomplish the same thing with PM? Thank's!

This topic interests me as well since I have not gotten to use either new version of either software yet together but have been deep into the manuals till I do wonder the same questions. Also I realize that the best default to export/import in a general sence is a .dxf model format however can anyone please define what type of file the "Import MiniCAD" really implies in the StrataStudioPro application? .DXF is self explainatory but what type of MiniCAD file format are they referring to? A MiniCAD/VectorWorks file format? Or does it give you a number of choices with a dialog box or something like that? I asked a SSP Rep if they were going to include the "Import MiniCAD" option again in the newest release of SSP v3.0 and he told me that he wasn't certain since he personally hadn't taken that into account. I have since read in the v3.0 Ref. manual that it is indeed still supported and I will confer with them as well to what my options are when importing an MinCAD file. I have found that "Lights" and "Textures" ect.. import into other 3D software programs better as a, .3DMF since you have a some choice in the colors and other attributes saved in the file to be imported. If you or anyone has some real insite on this topic please post it or e-mail me as I would greatly appreciate it a lot. Learning as much as I can regarding either cool program are my objective till I can really install both of them once my G3 is out of the shop. Thank's!

I am a new customer of both, MiniCAD and VectorWorks 8.5.1 and my G3 is still in the shop getting hardware upgrades but i have been reading the manual and thinking about it. I want to know does VectorWorks support Monitor Mirroring? ie., dragging the tools palettes off onto the second monitor. I have two Apple 17" Studio Displays. And... I am an Artist/Animator for the most part and was told that VectorWorks would render just fine with the Apple QD Interactive renderer however I use other serious 3D modeling and animation/special effects software like Strata Studio Pro and PiXELS 3D Studio and want to know are the rendering engines available in either of these programs importable to work with VectorWorks? I do however realize that Strata Studio Pro for instance has a, MiniCAD import function but have not been able to utilize my Mac to try it yet. "RenderWorks" has been suggested however I still have to read up on it further yet here at the site. I was told that, "LightWorks" has been somewhat encorrporated into RenderWorks and that I didn't really need to acquire both of them and wish for someone experienced to please give me some advice. Do you think that acquireing "RenderWorks" an over kill? Or do you recomend it simply on the basis that VectorWorks will be a lot more versatile and usable as an animatable modeler importable into applications (Mac) like Strata Studio Pro v2.5.3/v3.0 Thank's if you can help... I want to score "RenderWorks" within the next few weeks but want to be certain that I won't be over killing in my efforts to pump VectorWorks to the level that I desire any modeling program to perform along side SSP ect.. Jerry Coloredpencilguy Baker mngosevrs@aol.com